and a conversation with alan gomez. he has been reporting for "usa today." >> you wrote earlier this year about the senate gang of eight. is it fair to say the senate took the lead legislatively this year. >> absolutely. right after the election that the senate came together and decided they wanted to tackle the issue. what happened was, mitt romney got a 27% of the hispanic vote, you saw a lot of republican senators get together and forming this coalition and a couple people dropped out, a couple people came in. it ended up being eight senators , four republicans and four democrats that took the lead. , >> it seems to have a lot of energy early on. what happened throughout the year? >> they ran through it. in this climate we are seeing in congress, very difficult to get anything through, they had a regular committee hearings and vote and pass the immigration bill on the senate floor. that is something we have not seen too much of. after they passed that that is , when things stalled. >> they seem to have a lot of thing

. >> we are back with alan gomez talking about immigration. our year in review. you talked about this immigration -- conservatives trying to sway. how far did they get? >> not very far. it is progress for them. what you saw was a different tactic that they were pushing this year. in previous fights, it was a traditional hispanic advocacy groups. pushing for reform and that was counterbalanced by people on the traditional right and other groups. what you've seen this time around is a collection of bibles, badges and businesses. that the putting the pressure on republicans. it is graded more space for republican to give them cover. the chamber down here is ok with it, let's go forward. that has been a big change. house leadership still said that if they wanted to get something going moving forward. >> in terms of that, they want to get something going, what has stopped them forgetting something on the floor? >> who knows? the senate passed their bill in june. the house has look at it and what did they refer as a piecemeal instead of a big, comprehensive a bill that

and a conversation with alan gomez. he has been reporting for "usa today." >> you wrote earlier this year about of eight. about the senate gang of eight. is it fair to say it took the lead legislative this year? >> absolutely. right after the election that the senate came together and decided they wanted to tackle the issue. mitt romney got a 27% of the hispanic vote, you saw a lot of republican senators get together and forming this coalition and a couple people drive in it came out. it ended up being eight senators that took the lead. >> it seems to have a lot of energy early on. what happened throughout the year? >> they ran through it. in this climate we are seeing in congress, very difficult to get anything through, they had a regular committee hearings and vote and pass the immigration bill on the senate floor. something will not see too much of. that is when things stalled. >> they seem to have a lot of going in their favor. you mentioned the president and his desire to see immigration change. you wrote an articl

. >> we are back with alan gomez talking about immigration. our year in review. you talked about this immigration -- conservatives trying to sway. how far did they get? >> not very far. it is progress for them. what you saw was a different tactic that they were pushing this year. in previous fights, it was a traditional hispanic advocacy groups. pushing for reform and that was counterbalanced by people on the traditional right and other groups. what you've seen this time around is a collection of bibles, badges and businesses. that the putting the pressure on republicans. it has created more space for republicans to give them cover. the chamber down here is ok with it, let's go forward. that has been a big change. house leadership still said that if they wanted to get something going moving forward. >> in terms of that, they want to get something going, what has stopped them forgetting -- from getting something on the floor? >> who knows? the senate passed their bill in june. the house has looked at it and what did they refer as a piecemeal instead of a big, comp

and a conversation with alan gomez.he has been reporting for "usa today." >> you wrote earlier this year about of eight. is it fair to say it took the lead legislative this year? >> absolutely. right after the election that the senate came together and decided they wanted to tackle the issue. mitt romney got a 27% of the hispanic vote, you saw a lot of republican senators get together and forming this coalition and a couple people drive in it came out. it ended up being eight senators that took the lead. >> it seems to have a lot of energy early on. what happened throughout the year? >> they ran through it. in this climate we are seeing in congress, very difficult to get anything through, they had a regular committee hearings and vote and pass the immigration bill on the senate floor. something will not see too much of. that is when things stalled. >> they seem to have a lot of going in their favor. you mentioned the president and his desire to see immigration change. bill on the senate floor. something will not see too

president obama, the house and immigratione on the issue and get under way with the conversation of alan gomez. issue for ing on the "usa today." this year e earlier about the senate gang of eight. fair to say the senate took the leave this year. absolutely. right after the presidential election that the senate came tackle and decided to this issue. saw a lot of you republican senators get together coalitionf formed the people dropped out, people came in. the gang ed up being of eight. >> seems to have a lot of energy later on. kind of ran through it. went throughe that congress, they were somehow able to get the regular committee earings, have a regular vote, and pass the immigration bill on the senate floor. that's something we haven't seen of.much but after they pass that, that's where things stalled. lot ey seemed to have a going in their favor. you mentioned the president and his desire to see a great deal immigration change. you wrote one of the "usa today" rticles that the congressional budget office said the senate bill could cut illegal immigration in half. help their ike that case. d

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